Sanwo-Olu targets PPP todeliver T.H.E.M.E.S. + agenda.

Sanwo-Olu targets PPP todeliver T.H.E.M.E.S. + agenda.

Going by the words of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his administration is targeting the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to deliver its T.H.E.M.E.S.+ agenda.

The PPP, a long-term arrangement between government and private sector operators, involves private capital financing government projects, particularly infrastructure and services up-front.

Sanwo-Olu’s first term agenda was based on T.H.E.M.E.S agenda, an acronym which stands for Transportation and Traffic Management; Health and Environment; Education and Technology; Making Lagos State a 21st Century Megacity, Entertainment & Tourism; and Security & Governance.

The governor said the ‘plus’ represents the incorporation of an intensified focus, in the next four years, on social inclusion, gender equality and youth.

He said: “In other words, we are strengthening and reinforcing T.H.E.M.E.S. with a ‘No One Left Behind’ philosophy. No one will be left behind on account of their social status, gender or age; we will design all our policies and programs to ensure that everyone is carried along and catered to. This is our solemn promise to you.”

The Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP), Lagos State Government, an agency created by the 2011 PPP Law of Lagos State, facilitates the development of public infrastructure and provides social amenities and other facilities for Lagos State through the PPP.

The advantages of the PPP in Lagos cut across education, housing and transportation, among others. Other areas include: healthcare initiatives such as laboratory, radiology, blood screening and pharmaceutical services; x-ray and ultrasound machines at the Maternal and Child Centre (MCC), Eti-Osa.

In education, the collaboration with private developers is set to deliver 6,016-bed spaces at the Lagos State University (LASU), construction of 16 blocks of hostels of 94 rooms each with 376 beds per block has reached the completion stage.

The hostels are to solve the acute accommodation problems facing students in the state-run varsity.